Some Clarity of Vision
Some Clarity of Vision was a 2015 solo exhibition at Gallery MOMO in Johannesburg, South Africa. New paintings during a two-month residency drew on research into the country’s history, with everyday life interpreted through black heroines and religious iconography. Key works included ‘For Moses Had Married An Ethiopian Woman—Numbers 12:1', a life-sized double portrait in which the biblical, black wife of the prophet seems to anticipate happily her impending Exodus to the promised land—while the site of the infamous Marikana mine massacre is visible on the horizon beyond.
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FOR MOSES HAD MARRIED AN ETHILOPIAN WOMAN—NUMBERS 12:1
(2015, oil & acrylic on canvas, 165 x 210 cm)
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ST IPHIGENIA AND ST MATTHEW
(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 150 cm)
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WHEN SHALL WE 3? SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NJINGA MBANDI
(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 150 cm — private collection)
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YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME
(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm)>
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YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME
(2015, oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm — private collection)
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SOME CLARITY OF VISION
Installation at Gallery MOMO in 2015
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